Comments Thread For: Tim Bradley: Spence Possesses Several Skills That Can Disrupt Crawford

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Former two division world champion Timothy Bradley is looking forward to Saturday's undisputed welterweight fight between Errol Spence and Terence Crawford. The bout, which headlines a Showtime PPV card, takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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[Thaman2x]

Except...... Several hundred thousand people (myself included) have solved various Rubik's cubes.

Listen, this is going to be a fantastic fight... But ultimately this will come down to who can handle the most punishment. Crawford has been getting hit alot more than Spence over the last 5 fights theyve both had. I feel like, once Spence Rocks Crawford, Crawford's going to get angry, get mean, and show his hand.... If and when that happens, if Errol feels like that's a storm he has weathered before, Crawford is a wrap... If Errol can't handle that storm (and there's literally nothing that says he can't), Crawford wins....

Let's remember one other thing.... Errol is the only fighter known to the public that literally bludgeoned Floyd Mayweather to the point of having a black eye during sparring. Crawford is not Floyd. He's not as good as Floyd.

I'm rocking with Errol in this one.

[Dwntown]

Go back and watch the Ugas fight again. Spence ate a lot of right hands, some looping around that high guard. He was legitimately hurt in the 6th before the ever incompetent Laurence Cole stopped action right after he was hurt to give Spence a breather and put his mouthpiece back in. Crawford is a bigger puncher than Ugas, not to mention one of the best finishers in the sport. Bud by late round TKO.

[hhh1200]

Spence throws a double decoy jab to get in. Then the left either goes to the body or he may do a faint and bring it up. Everything else is shoulder to your right side to block vision and body attack. What else does he really do? He was very good catching with his gloves before the accident and now I think that has fallen off. I believe they are going to try and throw 20+ jabs around and catch as much of Crawford's work as they can. Crawford is too prolific and complex (you don't see some of the punches and he also plays with the speed of the punches which is how he slept DAvid A) to exchange with him. They are playing for Haymon to bail them out. Fury vs Wilder I was a 10-2 fight at best with 2 knockdowns but turns into a draw.

Crawford has issues with timing speed aka Diaz, Kaval and Gamboa. Spence is plotter with slow feet (yeah he bounces back here and there) and hands.

Crawford was also a wrestling champ so he understand how to use a person's body weight again them.

Spence and James are going to play for Haymon's Cards in the fight. I dont see it any other way.

[Liondw]

The odds on a draw could be quite high, but I hope it's not a draw nor controversial.

[Smash]

spence needs to get crawford to look into his hypno eyes to send him into a semi drowsy state & then fire off a few hard shots to put him down

[Knuckle sandwich]

I think the fight will come down to how well has Spence made the weight? If he is struggling badly could only have a good fight five rounds in him, Crawford stoppage Rd 8/9

[Gary Coleman]

While we're being honest, something I will point out as a Spence fan - Algieri was able to time Spence's jab and spin him on the ropes. He just didn't have the pop or accuracy to get Errol's respect.

A lot of questions about both guys are going to be answered Saturday night. Feels like a late 90s-early 2000s welterweight bout.

[Heru]

Tim wrote this in essay form lol.

I have Spence being the ring general tomorrow. He’ll set a higher pace than Crawford prefers and win the long range exchanges, which will win him a majority of the rounds.

The question is, can he weather the Crawford storm?

I’ve seen Crawford down or close on the cards in several fights, only for him to shift into a higher gear and take his opponents’ will to win.

A fight will break out, Spence’s resilience will be tested and if his bodywork didn’t deplete Crawford’s reserve tank, he’s in a world of trouble.

[ifc]

The odds on a draw could be quite high, but I hope it's not a draw nor controversial.

Exactly right , going to be a draw or split decision to set up the rematch. I'm hoping for a clear winner but I don't see either fighter going all out for the ko.